Availability

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Programme Notes

On a hot December day on a property near Bathurst, New South Wales, I imagined the aural image of a father crooning his newborn baby to sleep with a lilting, pastoral melody. At the time I was supposed to be well-entrenched into writing my Ph.D. thesis, but the temptation to write a piece of music was just too much. Lullaby, for strings, was the result. Lullaby is not a piece that aims to change the world, rather, a simple expression of quiet, personal times between people generations apart. I am especially pleased that Lullaby will be premiered at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival as I imagine the melody may suit the landscape. Matthew Hindson is an academic staff member at the University of Sydney. Matthew Hindson, 2003

Lullaby

St John's Cathedral (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)

Camerata of St John's

Lullaby

St Donat's Castle (Llantwit Major, Wales, United Kingdom)

members of South Glamorgan and The Vale Youth Orchestra

Lullaby

No Venue (Sydney, NSW, Australia)

MLC School Orchestra